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VIDEO FOR THE ENEMY'S SCIENTIST:
INTERVIEW 3VOOR12 (OCTOBER 2007, in Dutch)

REVIEWS "DROP LITTLE BOY":
"Album of the month".
Music Maker (NL)
"Drop Little Boy is 34 minutes of the opposite of boring (Rating: B+)".
Daily Vault (USA)
"Not a bad song on the record. Fantastic debut album".
OOR music magazine (NL)
"Fantastic debut!".
Cutting Edge (BE)
"Not a bad song on the disc. Highly recommended. A dutch smash (nat!)".
Underground A&R Report (USA)
"The May Bees definitely know how to convince".
Musicfrom (NL)
"Goddamnit, I love this record".
Mouth O' The Mule (USA)
"Versatile album made of concrete".
8WEEKLY (NL)
REVIEWS "BLAME IT ON THE OTHER ONES":
"The music has this driving beat that you can't get away from. (...) Marzj and Gregory Orange seem the perfect pair when giving a listen to "Blame It On" from start to end. They are together on time, as musicians, and in their songwriting. Here's another one for our top 10 of 2006!"
Independentsonly.com about Blame It On The Other Ones
"An exciting piece of work. Six excellent tracks (...) in which there's a lot to discover (...). We are pleasantly surprised by this strong album."
Musicfrom.nl about Blame It On The Other Ones
"A great future in the underground scene is waiting for them."
KindaMuzik.net about Blame It On The Other Ones
"The songs are raw, chaotic and contagious. "Blame it" (...) is an intense record with unfortunately only 6 songs. "
OOR about Blame It On The Other Ones
"A perfect warming up for the first full length. We are really looking forward!"
3voor12/arnhemnijmegen about Blame It On The Other Ones
"High quality rocksongs (...) It seems very easy for the band to stay exciting. Respect!"
FRET Music Magazine out Blame It On The Other Ones
"Hit of the Week".
Radio Mortale about The Enemy's Scientist
"The May Bees. I like it."
MyOwnMusicIndustry.nl
"Great, great stuff! Supercatchy rock!"
Insomnia Radio about the new single Fields of Albany

"Really, really great one!"
RadioIndieRock.com about the new single Fields of Albany
"Blame It On The Other Ones is full with raw, bombastic indie rock. (...) It seems that a nice full length is coming up."
Planettrash.nl about Blame It On The Other Ones
"Excellent debut"
Live XS, Dutch music magazine, august 2005 about Fake Around EP

"The May Bees don't really sound like the referenced bands (...) it should always be like that."
FRET Music Magazine about Fake Around EP

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/25/2005
Band Website: TheMayBees.com
Band Members: Gregory Orange (guitar, vocals)
Marzj (drums)
Patrick Vetkamp (bass)

"A raging two-headed monster of an indie band, calling to mind Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh, Guided By Voices, Sonic Youth, Grandaddy, and Pedro the Lion, delivering apocalyptic rock-club thrash with a maple-syrup coating, we stand up and take notice. We think you will, too." Wampus Multimedia

Management and general bookings:
info [at] themaybees [dot] com

Bookings Belgium
Agent.orange.music [at] pandora [dot] be

Influences: Check our friend space!
Sounds Like: 1. "Netherlandian Robert Pollard, Pixies, Dino Jr." (quote Palebear.com) 2. "They don't really sound like the referenced bands (...) it should always be like that." (quote FRET music magazine)
Record Label: Wampus Multimedia / Dying Giraffe Recordings
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Marzj quits band

Hey,After 4 years playing with The May Bees, I have decided to move on. I would like to thank everyone who supported us thru this years and a very special thanks goes to Gregory, from whom I learned s...
Posted by The May Bees on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 12:55:00 PST

Great international reviews Drop Little Boy

MusicMaker (NL) "Album of the month" Amplifier Magazine (USA) "Album of the week" Daily Vault (USA) ...
Posted by The May Bees on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 11:59:00 PST

Release new album "Drop Little Boy" October 19th

The international release of the new album "Drop Little Boy" (Wampus Multimedia) will be on October 19 2007. Three days later the album appears in the Benelux (Dying Giraffe Recordings). The record co...
Posted by The May Bees on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 01:58:00 PST

The May Bees signs with Wampus!

We are very happy to announce that great American indie label Wampus Multimedia will release a new The May Bees record called "Drop Little Boy" this spring! Drop Little Boy will contain a selection of...
Posted by The May Bees on Sun, 04 Mar 2007 02:45:00 PST

Tourreport USA/Canada tour The May Bees

We're back from our tour through the east coast of the USA and Canada. It was great! Click here to check some pics, here you'll find a short movie and for those who can read Dutch: we kept a daybook f...
Posted by The May Bees on Thu, 09 Nov 2006 08:41:00 PST

Gregory talks with VPRO's 3voor12.nl about the upcoming USA/Canada tour

Read the interview (in Dutch)
Posted by The May Bees on Thu, 12 Oct 2006 07:11:00 PST

USA & Canada: here we come!

Download our music now from TotalMusicNut

You can download our music now from TotalMusicNut. Both albums cost only ¬6,- or $8!...
Posted by The May Bees on Tue, 26 Sep 2006 07:23:00 PST

Great press

Blame It On The Other Ones has been getting some great press over the past couple of weeks:"An exciting piece of work. Six excellent tracks (Ã¢ï¿½) in which thereÃ¢s a lot to discover (Ã¢ï¿½). We are ...
Posted by The May Bees on Wed, 05 Jul 2006 07:19:00 PST

Interview with Gregory on Musicfrom.nl (in Dutch)

In de recensierubriek viel onlangs het mini-album 'Blame It On The Other Ones' van The May Bees positief op. Een boeiend werkstuk van een tweetal dat duidelijk een eigen pad aan het verkennen is....
Posted by The May Bees on Wed, 21 Jun 2006 10:24:00 PST